Friday Fortune Cookie: An Idiot-Proof Way to Make a Few Cents a Day. (Plus, Steals and Deals!)

How many times a day to you go to Facebook? Or YouTube? How ’bout Gmail or Hotmail or Yahoo? Well, if you take a slight virtual detour, you can earn money every time you visit the Web sites you’re already visiting.

Thank god you got those night-vision goggles. Now you can figure out what your piggy bank’s really up to after dark. (Happy Funny Piggy Bank Friday!)

All you have to do is register with BeRuby.com (they just want your first name, e-mail address, and a password). Then instead of going directly to your favorite sites (Twitter, CNN, ESPN and Craigslist are on there, too), go back to BeRuby.com, click “Advertisers” then “Pay for Visiting.” You’ll earn $1 for registering, then 10 cents a day for going back to BeRuby.com, plus a few cents for going to the sites you’re already going to via BeRuby.com. Once you’ve earned $10, they’ll send you a check. Pretty sweet.

After you’ve clicked around over there for a while (I earned $1.04 already today!), come back here for your steals and deals!

Get 20 percent off a single item from Victoria’s Secret. (Use code SAVE20.) Plus, $15 off a purchase of $100 or more. (Use code FALL09.) Plus, a free lip kit with a sweater purchase. (Use code FREERUSH.)